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,,-~^%£¤£# ~ ~ ~ ~ ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND ~ ~ ~ ~ #£¤£%^~-,,
,-~^%£¤£## ~ ~ ~ ~ BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ##£¤£%^~-,
,,-~^%£¤£# ~ IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. ~ #£¤£%^~-,,
,,,-~^%£¤£ ~ ~ ~ THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. ~ ~ ~ £¤£%^~-,,,
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,,,,,,-~^% THEY WERE VERY MANIPULATIVE, AND WE %^~-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-~^ CAME TO TRUST THEM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US ^~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-~ KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN AT THE WATER EVEN ~-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,- THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ~ ~ SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,- ENTIRELY, AND THE RIVER AT THE DAMS -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-~ FOOT WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY ~-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-~^ WATER GARDEN THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN ^~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-~^% BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. ~ ~ ~ ~ %^~-,,,,,,
,,,,,-~^%£ ~ ~ ~ ~ BEFORE THE DAM OPENED AGAIN, £%^~-,,,,,
,,,,-~^%£¤ THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES ¤£%^~-,,,,
,,,-~^%£¤£ WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY £¤£%^~-,,,
,,-~^%£¤£# WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY #£¤£%^~-,,
,-~^%£¤£## AT OUR KNEES. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##£¤£%^~-,
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,,,-~^%£¤£ ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ £¤£%^~-,,,
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